[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 468: Arriving in Yanggu (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

With the rumbling sound of the train, Ma Zheng took more than 1,200 people to finally embark on the journey to the south, looking at the train in the distance, Yun Jian and the others couldn't help but burst into tears, thousands of mountains and rivers, I really don't know if there is a chance to say goodbye to this parting.

Although Ma Zheng also had some sadness, he knew the importance of his mission, which was not only related to the interests of the Suicha Military Region, but also related to the supreme interests of the country and the nation, so Ma Zheng did not feel any reluctance, only deep pressure.

It is impossible to say that there is no pressure on him to go south this time, after all, he only brought more than 1,000 people this time, and he will face more than 100,000 Japanese troops armed to the teeth, and if he is not careful, he may be wiped out.

With a rumbling sound, the train gradually left the familiar city of Guisui. Because he knew that he would come back, Ma Zheng was not as sad as Yun Jian and the others, and after the train started, he personally went to each carriage to check the situation of the soldiers.

This time, although the troops went south, although their weapons and equipment were average, they carried a lot of ammunition. In addition to the machine-gun rounds, Ma Zheng asked the logistics department to prepare 350 rounds of ammunition for each soldier.

There was a reason why each soldier carried 350 rounds of ammunition, because Ma Zheng knew that the most severe test for the troops going south was not food and salary, but ammunition replenishment. Secondly, compared with the ordinary soldiers of the Japanese army, they can only carry more ammunition than the Japanese devils, but not less.

Comparatively speaking, each soldier of the Japanese army usually carries a base number of ammunition in the state. The so-called ammunition base is a unit of calculation for the supply of ammunition, and the base quantity is the quantity or weight of a base number specified for individual equipment. Simply put, without compromising combat effectiveness, a fighter can carry up to the maximum amount of ammunition that meets his own battle.

To take the simplest example, in the world, the ammunition base of a submachine gun is 300 rounds, and the number 300 becomes the ammunition base of the submachine gun.

Ma Zheng knew that the ammunition base of a single soldier in the Japanese army was 150, which meant that under normal circumstances, each Japanese soldier had to carry at least 150 rifle rounds. Ma Zheng expected that after the troops moved south to Shandong, the replenishment of ammunition would become an important problem for the whole army. If you only carry one base amount of ammunition, then you may not be able to reach Shandong, and you may run out of all the ammunition you carry.

You must know that we do not know how many enemy blockade lines we will have to cross and how many battles we will fight along the way, and although absolute secrecy is required in principle for this trip to the south, it is very difficult to achieve absolute secrecy.

In addition to the Japanese puppet forces along the way, there are also many local landlords, armed bandits, and gangs, and even the Kuomintang army that needs them to take action, and if they carry less ammunition, the consequences will not be ordinarily serious. In particular, it is even more difficult to obtain ammunition for those special weapons used by the troops, such as sniper rifles, anti-aircraft machine guns, and small steel cannons for individual soldiers.

Because this southward movement requires speed, the troops have no logistical support, and each fighter has to carry a large amount of ammunition in addition to a certain amount of compressed food. In order to carry more ammunition, Ma Zheng even became a handout.

After all, the physical strength of the soldiers is limited, and carrying more ammunition means carrying less food and other necessities. However, the soldiers on the road generally ate and drank, so in order to ensure the smooth progress of the southward journey, Ma Zheng specially sent a telegram to Nie Rongzhen, commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, hoping that the Jin-Chahar-Hebei Military Region could provide a little food at a fixed point on their way south.

Of course, Ma Zheng did not tell the Jincha-Hebei Military Region that he was going to lead the troops south, but said that the soldiers of two battalions of the Suicha Military Region were going to the 129th Division in southern Hebei on business. After all, in the past two years, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has fought many big battles relying on the Suicha Military Region, and the weapons and equipment of the troops have been changed one after another.

At about half past four in the morning of the 28th, the troops arrived in Datong. That night, Xie Wensheng first set off with one battalion, and at noon the next day, Xu Weiguo also left with the remaining two battalions, while Ma Zheng and Xu Haifeng led the remaining 36 special combat personnel to remain in Datong. His own goal is too big to walk during the day. To be on the safe side, Ma Zheng had to wait until the evening before leaving.

Along the way, the troops traveled day and night in order to conceal themselves. If you see that the town can be bypassed, you can bypass it, and if you can't bypass it, you will find a way to pass through it at night, or the whole army will change into the military uniform of the Japanese army and pass the pass.

Although the troops were already very careful, there were still troubles along the way, first of all, the vanguard led by Xie Wensheng encountered a night attack team of the Japanese army in the area of Baoding, Hebei Province, and fought an encounter battle. However, because Xie Wensheng's unit had a special combat team to open the way, and the cordon was usually placed a kilometer away, it was known early that the enemy had been discovered.

Due to the fact that the number of enemies found was not very large, at most a small team, coupled with their large number, it was difficult to ensure that the troops would not be discovered by others, so Xie Wensheng decided to eliminate this Japanese plainclothes team on the spot.

This plainclothes team of the Japanese army was mainly for the purpose of sneaking up on the villages where the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army were stationed, and they did not expect to encounter Xie Wensheng and others in the inaccessible mountainous areas. Therefore, he was caught off guard by Xie Wensheng and others, and under the sniper fire of the sniper rifle, it only took four or five minutes to be wiped out.

In addition, the troops also encountered attacks by other Japanese puppet troops, and even encountered attacks by bandits and the Eighth Route Army when passing through the mountainous areas of southern Hebei. However, in order to keep secrets, Ma Zheng recruited the bandits if they could, and those who were unwilling to be co-opted were eliminated on the spot.

As for the Eighth Route Army, they were all taken prisoner and taken away, and these people were never allowed to return to the building, after all, Ma Zheng's goal was too big, once the news was leaked, the Japanese army would definitely destroy him at all costs, even if it was to fight two divisions.

Therefore, even the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army could not believe it, and they would take it away first. Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, every time a batch of horses of the Eighth Route Army was taken away, a telegram had to be sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to explain the situation.

On July 17, Ma Zheng led 36 members of the guard team to Zhangshu Village, on the outskirts of Yanggu County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. Xie Wensheng and Xu Weiguo, on the other hand, arrived here three days before Ma Zheng, but in order not to attract the attention of the Japanese army, the troops were temporarily dispersed and stationed in several towns and mountains near Yanggu County.

Ma Zheng knew that his activities in Shandong were not as good as in Suicha and other areas, which were the core areas ruled by the Japanese puppet army, and the Japanese puppet forces were extremely huge. In Shandong, the Japanese army not only stationed heavy troops, but also formed many traitor and bandit armies, and even the local Taoist gates were the eyes of the Japanese, so they had to be careful.

Before going south to Shandong, Ma Zheng dispersed Xu Yinghui's intelligence department, and Wang Dechuan, who had just been appointed by Ma Zheng as the head of intelligence of the southbound detachment, arrived in the Luxi area half a month ago and started activities.

Although Ma Zheng also knew that Wang Dechuan and others had shallow roots in Shandong, and most of the secrets could not be collected, at least the number of the garrison in Shandong could still be inquired, and it was not a military secret anyway. As long as you inquire carefully, you can inquire out everything, although this information is not very important, but it can save Ma Zheng a lot of time.

Sure enough, the day after Ma Zheng arrived in Yanggu County, Wang Dechuan personally came to report to Ma Zheng.

This is the first meeting between Ma Zheng and Wang Dechuan, the first time they met, Wang Dechuan felt inconspicuous to Ma Zheng, an Oriental face without any characteristics, not tall, and even unable to see the shrewdness and other characteristics that intelligence officers should have, in short, this is a person who is difficult to find again if he is thrown into the crowd. If Ma Zheng didn't trust Xu Yinghui more, he really wouldn't dare to use this person. But as soon as Wang Dechuan spoke, Ma Zheng found that this person was amazing, and he was a talent. (To be continued.) )